In Federico Garcia Lorca's poem, The City That Does Not Sleep, there are very striking images and realistic ideas that are instilled in the drive. The question is that of the meaning of life, shrouded in dreams and countless deaths. Garcia Lorca expresses this idea through his use of surrealism to impose a paradoxical idea on the reader. In a sense, our existence is only a perception of our mind and there is no reality that we truly believe. The title of the author's poem gives off a sense of unease and makes the reader dig deeper in order to find the true meaning. meaning. A city that does not sleep is the same as during the day. People and society as a whole do not change the idea of ​​reality and what it means to live. Garcia Lorca uses imagery to place his definition of life in the eyes of others. Iguanas will come and attack people who no longer dream. This example from the poem is closely related to nature in the use of animals. It is also a representation of death and the inevitable end of all humans. Those who stop dreaming are those who die. Then the cycle of life will continue, life, death and the afterlife. Reincarnation is another idea that comes to mind in the poem. The cycle of life is complex and closely linked to what we can see in nature. Life is full of obstacles that people must overcome to continue. Garcia Lorca uses intense imagery such as watching preserved butterflies come back to life and where a boy's mummified hand lies. His use of surreal events helps the reader understand Lorca's emphasis on the brutality and disgusting outlook of life. The struggle in life to survive is a major element in...... middle of paper ......y die in life and come back after death. This leads to an endless fear of death for all humanity. These ideas can be summarized as the monotonous and hopeless world that humans live in, without clear meaning. The last line of Lorca’s poem is when he states, “No one sleeps. But if anyone puts too much foam on his temples during the night, open the stage hatches so that he can see in the moonlight the lying goblets, the poison and the skull of the theaters. The meaning of Lorca's life shifts to another idea in his last words. He intended to show the reader the theater as a society and as a life. If a person becomes tired of living, the true meaning of life will be exposed to him. Because no one sleeps, if one tried to open the doors of life, one would simply discover that life is insignificant and trivial. A nightmare would clearly be what life is supposed to be.